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Cape Cod. Henry D. Thoreau. 346
Cruise of the Mintauk. James McQuade.
347
Giant Raft. Jules Verne. Vol. 2d. 345
Naturalist's Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago. Henry O. Forbes .
344
CLASS D.
Adams, John. John T. Morse .. 478
Agassiz, Louis, Life of. Elizabeth C. Agassiz. 2 vols. 492-3
Bacon. R. W. Church. 482
Comenius, John Amos, Life of. S. S. Laurie. 481
Coleridge. H. D. Traill. 474
6
66
1883
334
Messages and Documents, 1881-82
42
Cudworth, Warren, Memorial of. Miss Cudworth. 471
Eliot, George, Life of. J. W. Cross. 3 vols. 468-70
Fletcher, John William, Life of. Susan E. Gay. 479
Grimke Sisters. Catherine H. Birney .. 494 Grant, Ulysses S., Life of. Ben Perley Poore. O. H. Tiffany. Personal Memoirs of. Vol. 1. 489 490
Macauley, T. B. J. C. Morrisen. 483
Marshall, John. A. B. Magruder.
472
Poe, Edgar A. Geo. E. Woodberry
473
Smith, Sidney, Life and Times of. Stuart J. Reid.
480
Solon and Themistokles, Lives of. Geo. W. Cox .. 292
Taylor, Bayard, Life and Letters of. H. E. Scudder. 2 vols. 475-6 Washington, Geo., Life of. Washington Irving. 5 vols. 484-8
Willis, N. P. Henry A. Beers. 477
CLASS E.
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History of Christian Church. Philip Schraff. Vol. 1 265
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Vols. 2, 3. 266-7
Sanctuary and the 2,300 Days. Uriah Smith.
264
Sketches from the Life of Paul. Mrs. E. G. White 263
Spirit of Prophecy. Mrs. E. G. White. Vol. 4. 262
U. S. in the Light of Prophecy. Uriah Smith
261
CLASS F.
Boys of Other Countries. Bayard Taylor 523
Bric-a-Brac Stories. Mrs. Burton Harrisen.
532
Chatauqua Girls at Home. Mrs. G. L. Alden.
512
Friends and Foes from Fairy Land. Lord Brabourne
531
Historic Boys. E. S. Brooks .. 528
513
Lake Breezes. Wm. T. Adams (Oliver Optic).
533
Letters from a Cat. Helen H. Jackson
530
Lost City. David Ker.
517
Lost Trail. Edward S. Ellis.
518
Lucy's Wonderful Globe. Charlotte M. Yonge.
510
Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances. Juliana H. Ewing.
534
Overhead. Annie Moore and Laura Nichols .. 519
529
Plutarch for Boys and Girls. John S. White. 514
521
Red Letter Stories. Lucy Wheelock.
71
Sailor Life on Man of War. Chas. Nordhoff.
525
Spinning Wheel Stories. Louisa M. Alcott
500
Tales of Shakespeare. Chas. and Mary Lamb.
511
Ten Boys who Lived from Long Ago till Now. Jane Andrews.
535
Two Compton Boys. Augustus Hoppin.
515
Underfoot. Laura D. Nichols. 520
What-to-do-Club. Helen Campbell. 516
Wonder Stories of Science. 522
Young Folks' Queries 524
Young Folks' Cyclopædia of Common Things. J. D. Champlin .. 526
CLASS G.
Adventures of Don Quixote. Miguel Cervantes 1197
Alhambra. Washington Irving 1178
Andromeda. Julia Fletcher. 1189
At the Back of the North Wind. Geo. M. MacDonald. 1180
At the Red Glove .. 1181
Bonnyborough. Adeline D. T. Whitney. 1192
Family Flight around Home. E. E. Hale and Susan Hale. 568
Indian History. Francis S. Drake.
Page, Squire and Knight. Ed. by W. H. D. Adams.
Queer Pets at Marcy's. Olive T. Miller
43
By Mead and Stream. Charles Gibbon. 1203
Carpet Knight. Harford Flemming
1167
Chateau D'Or. Mary J. Holmes. 1166
Driven Back to Eden. E. P. Roe
1186
Emperor, The. George Ebers.
1199
Golden Spike. Edward King
1196
Homo Sum. George Ebers.
1177
Ichabod. Bertha Thomas.
1203
In the Tennessee Mts. Mary N. Murfree (Chas. E. Craddock). 1163
Last Meeting. Brander Matthews.
1184
Links in Rebecca's Life. Mrs. G. L. Alden
1164
Madam. Mrs. Oliphant.
1171
Man of his Word. W. E. Norris.
1203
Maruja. Bret Harte ..
1201
Minister's Wooing. Harriet B. Stowe.
1173
Mission Flower. George H. Picard.
1195 1168
Mustard Leaves. D. T. S.
1185
Mrs. Herndon's Income. Helen Campbell
1198 1169
Original Belle. E. P. Roe.
1187 1172 1190 1182
Question, A. George Ebers.
Rise of Silas Lapham. W. D. Howells ..
1183 1188 1165
Ruth Erskine's Crosses. Mrs. G. L. Alden.
1179
Sisters, The. George Ebers.
1175
Story of a Ranch. Alice W. Rollins
1200
Strange Case of Dr. Jeykll and Mr. Hyde. G. R. L. Stevenson. .
1191
Trajan. Henry F. Keenan.
1174
Westward, Ho! Charles Kingsley.
1204
White Witch. 1203
White Heather. Wm. Black.
1193
Woman's Inheritance. Amanda M. Douglas 1202
Zoroaster. F. Marion Crawford.
1176
CLASS H.
Bread Pills. C. M. Barrows. 293
Destiny of Man. John Fiske. 287
Element'y Lessons in Electricity and Magnetism. S. P. Thompson 286
Excursions of an Evolutionist. John Fiske.
284
Insects at Home. J. G. Wood.
294
Mind Reading and Beyond. Wm. A. Hovey. 285
Ten Laws of Health. J. R. Black. 292
Wake, Robin. John Burroughs 291
Wonders of Creation. 288
CLASS I.
Four Georges, History of. Justin McCarthy. 4 vols. 406-9
Greece, Story of. James A. Harrisen ..... 412
History of the People of the U. S. John B. McMaster. Vol. 2 .. 405
Huguenot Emigration to America. Charles W. Baird. 2 vols .. 403-4
Kentucky. N. S. Shaler . . 398
Maryland. Wm. H. Browne.
399
Oregon. Wm. Barrows ..
397
Prussia from 1134 to 1740. Herbert Tuttle. 400
Rome, Story of. Arthur Gilman 413
Money Makers.
Open Door. Mrs. Oliphant.
Peril. Jessie Fothergill
Poverty Corner. G, M. Fenn
Roses of Shadow. T. R. Sullivan ...
Second Life. Mrs. Alexander
Foundation of Death. Axel Gustafson. 290
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Shirley, History of. Seth Chandler
402
Townsend, History of. J. B. Sawtelle.
401
Virginia. John E. Cooke. 396
CLASS J.
American Orations. 3 vols. 822-4
Ariadne Florentina. John Ruskin.
860
Boots and Saddles. Elizabeth B. Custer 869
Chaucer Geoffrey, Poems of 841
Crown of Wild Olive. John Ruskin 855
833
Dictionary of English History
828
Eagles Nest. John Ruskin
862
Elements of Drawing. John Ruskin.
857
English Home Life. Robert L. Collier
866
Flors Clavigera. John Ruskin
856
Glenaveril. E. Bulwer-Lytton.
827
Hymns of the Ages. F. D. Huntington. 66
1st series 66
2d
Human Intercourse. Philip G. Hamerton
838
Ingelow, Jean, Poems of.
830
Introduction to Literature of Europe in 15th, 16th, and 17th Cen- turies. Henry Hallam. 2 vols. 831-2
Memorial Address on life of Willard Hall. D. M. Bates. 865
Modern Painters. John Ruskin. 5 vols 843-7
829
New Year's Masque. Edith M. Thomas
825
Occult World. A. P. Sennett ..
837
Paradise Found. Wm. F. Warren.
820
Poetry of Architecture. John Ruskin
858
Pre-Raphaelitism. John Ruskin
859
Quincy Methods. Lelia E. Patridge.
821
Rise of Intellectual Liberty from Thales to Copernicus. Freder- ick M. Hollins ... 840
Russians at the Gates of Herat. Charles Marvin 869
Sesame and Lillies. John Ruskin ..
852
Seven Lamps of Architecture. John Ruskin
854
Social Silhouettes. Edgar Fawcett
867
Spenser, Edmund, Works of ..
836
Spy of the Rebellion. Allen Pinkerton. 848-50
842
Stones of Venice. John Ruskin. 3 vols.
Time and Tide. John Ruskin. 861
Treasures from the Prose World. Frank McAlpine. 826
Two Paths. John Ruskin 851
Unto this Last. John Ruskin .. 853
834
835
Myths and Myth Makers. John Fiske.
Old World Questions and New World Answers. Daniel Pigeon ..
868
Custom and Myth. Andrew Lang.
LIST OF JURORS, 1886.
The following names will be reported at the annual March meeting, to be placed in the Jury Box, subject to revision by the Town :
FRANK L. FLETCHER,
ISAAC E. DAY,
ALBERT P. RICHARDSON,
ASAPH B. CUTTER,
ALVIN G. POLLEY,
EMERY J. WHITNEY,
EDWIN GOULD, JOSEPH F. PRESCOTT,
OREN COOLIDGE, CYRUS HAMLIN,
SAMUEL G. HUMISTON,
GEORGE BLODGETT,
WILLIAM H. H. BURBECK,
EDWARD PRESCOTT,
HENRY CHAMBERLIN, A. RICHMOND LEIGHTON, TIMOTHY SULLIVAN.
WILLIAM REED,
ARTHUR WRIGHT, MELBOURNE F. HUTCHINS,
GEORGE T. DAY, ARTHUR WRIGHT, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, Selectmen of Westford.
WESTFORD, MASS., Feb. 15, 1886.
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING, MARCH 1, 1886.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX SS.
To Isaac E. Day, one of the Constables of the Town of Westford, in said County. GREETING :
You are hereby required in the name of the Common- wealth aforesaid, to notify and warn all the inhabitants of said town qualified to vote in elections and also in town affairs, to meet at the Town House in said West- ford, on Monday, the first day of March, being the first Monday in said month, at 9 o'clock A. M., (the polls will be opened at 9 o'clock A. M., and closed at 1 o'clock P. M.,) to act upon the following articles, to wit: --
1. To choose a Moderator.
2. To hear the Report of Selectmen, and act in relation to the same.
3. To see if the Town will accept the Report of the Auditor ap- pointed to audit the accounts of the Town Treasurer, or act in relation to the same.
4. To see if the Town will accept the Report of the Overseers of the Poor, or act in relation to the same.
5. To hear Report of School Committee, and act in relation to the same.
6. To see if the Town will accept and adopt the Report of the Directors of the Town Library, or act in relation to the same.
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7. To see if the Town will accept the Report of the Selectmen on Guide Boards, or act in relation to the same.
8. To bring in their votes for Town Clerk, three Selectmen, three Assessors, three Overseers of the Poor, Town Treasurer, two School Committee for three years, three Fence Viewers, six Constables, three Appraisers of Property at the Town Farm, Directors of Town Library, all on one ballot.
9. To raise money to defray Town debts and charges, and direct how the same shall be paid into the Treasury, or act in relation to the same.
10. To raise money for Reading and Writing Schools.
11. To choose a Collector of Taxes.
12. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, under the written direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time, to meet the demands on the Treasury, or act in relation to the same.
13. To see if the Town will accept the list of Jurors, as reported by the Selectmen, or act in relation to the same.
14. To raise money to repair roads and bridges, and direct by whom and in what manner the same shall be expended.
15. To choose all other Town Officers necessary to be chosen, by hand vote, or act in relation to the same.
16. To see if the Town will vote to License the sale of Ardent Spirits, or act in relation to the same.
17. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to enclose with a fence the land connected with the new School House at Graniteville, or act in relation to the same.
18. To see if the Town will authorize the digging of a well at the new School House in Graniteville, or act in relation to the same.
19. To see if the Town will authorize the Overseers of the Poor to make a contract for doctoring the poor of the Town by the year, or act in relation to the same.
20. To see if the Town will vote to raise a sum of money for the transportation of scholars to and from the public schools, or act in relation to the same.
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21. To see if the Town will vote to raise a sum of money for the purchase of school books and supplies, or act in relation to the same.
22. To see if the Town will authorize the sale of the old School House at Graniteville, or act in relation to the same.
23. To see if the Town will authorize the sale of the old School House in District No. 8, so called, or act in relation to the same.
24. To see if the Town will vote to reimburse the estate of Leonard Luce for overpayment of taxes since 1860, or act in relation to the same.
AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this warrant by posting up true and attested copies at the Town House and each Depot in said Westford, eight days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands and seals, this fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-six.
GEORGE T. DAY, ARTHUR WRIGHT, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, Selectmen of Westford.
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